JBoss Amputation

September 23rd, 2008

Since JBoss AS 5 is built on top of Microcontainer, it’s effectively a network of beans just doing their respective jobs.  You have already probably noticed that it ships with 3 included configurations: minimal, default, and all.
Unfortunately, they’re awefully far apart along the spectrum of configuration options.  The minimal configuration barely gets the container running, [...]

JBoss on Rails

September 22nd, 2008

Tomorrow is my first real status update call with my boss, Sacha Labourey.  I’ve been anxious to deliver something, to prove I hadn’t gone completely pudding-brained during my tenure as management.
This morning, it all finally came together in a pleasing fashion, causing me to hoot and holler loud enough to scare the cats and probably [...]